May 2009
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"The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of 'a few bad apples' acting on their own," said a bipartisan Senate Armed Services Committee report in December 08, a report issued by Sens. Carl Levin and John McCain. "The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality and authorized their use against detainees." |
Note: "aggressive techniques," is one of the politicians and media euphemisms for the word: torture. (story about Senate report, Cheney lies, etc.)
But torture, sadistic and real, is what the Republican White House and Congress did during the Bush years --- to prisoners, and to our democracy.
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This horrifying documentary was shown, Friday, May 29,2009 - 9PM on Bill Moyers’ Journal - Click here for more information about "Torturing Democracy," -- the 2009 RFK Journalism Award winner- |
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How easily torture programs, secret prisons, kidnappings, etc. all became U.S.A. military policy is scary. |
& Torture is just the tip of the iceburg. |
Opposition to torture programs is also mentioned in this documentary. Those who did oppose deserve our Medal of Freedom. (not CIA Director Tenet). |
Hanging handcuffed people by their wrist, their feet dangling in the air, stripped naked, with bags over their heads, sleep deprived by loud music blasting in their cells and bright lights preventing sleep -- extremes of hot sweating or freezing cold temperatures, indefinitely detention without charges,no trials, sometimes kidnapping and sent to secret prisons with no one knowing at all, some prisoners sent to foreign jails where treatment even worse and coincident 'suicides,' of those who know too much;. Waterboarding was just part of the abusesl; and all this just the tip of the iceberg where half-a-million- or more will die in a war started with deliberately fabricated lies; and still no justice for it all. |
 Real justice is needed for these real crimes Cheney & others belong in jail. |
It's a cliché that we're suppose to learn from history and it should be a cliché that we almost never do. But these realities (this photos, the Republican laws approving this, etc.) are like a sledgehammer murder and you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to see it - and history does have two (2) prime lessons that we see stem from such behavior: 1. What one side does to another will be done back in revenge. 2. Such sadistic behavior starts to spread throughout a society; it's like a 'gateway drug,' to other evils and the evil no longer is limited to one's initial enemy, but spread to a society's own citizens. It's in our own best interest to stop these polices and punish war crimes. |
| At least one POW Iraqi general was beaten to death in jail, here and a very suspicious suicide also unexplained, here PLUS: From the start, we were mislead into the Iraq War by deliberately fabricated lies - more info about that here. |
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| Torture is sadistic. It's also like a "gateway drug," that opens the door to greater evils. |
SPECIAL EDITION FACT SHEET:
Torture & Lies Used to Mislead U.S. to War. More Internet bookmark about torture here. Mainstream 1st step lobbying things we can do >> here. |
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Tortured To Justify A War? Evidence is accumulating: Cheney ordered torture in part to generate false evidence for the Iraq war Cheney Used Torture to Try Getting Coerced Statements from Prisoners of War, Linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda, Video Report here. --------> &More>> Cheney has also implicates Bush in authorizing torture in national TV interview, May 10, 2009, on Face the Nation. But, former Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice dismisses torture claims, If the president says it's legal, it's legal, she said. here. Trying to explain:""It was not legal because President Bush authorized it; it was because he said he would do nothing illegal and the justice department and the attorney general said that it was legal." |
According to Former Sec. of State Rice the president can make his own laws. According to our one-side presentation of history we never do anything wrong. Hitler or Stalin could just have gotten notes from their lawyers & everything would have been okay!? |
The prime motivator for the war with Iraq - like we clearly also see with those promoting a War with Iran, is the actions of wannabe fascist neocons, warmongering Republicans and Zionist extremist. We should not be supporting an apartheid state with genocidal policies of ethnic cleansing. Israel-AIPAC continue push for another war: War with Iran. Saying now it is for the benefit of the USA, Europe and the Arab nations, here. Note: Israeli covert military actions against Iran already begun, here. |
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DOCUMENTATION DEATH SQUADS & U.S. MILITARY COVERT OPERATIONS INTENDED TO PROVOKE WAR. |
EVIDENCE LIES MISLEADING TO WAR |
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U.S. assassination teams active in 12 nations, including Iran and Syria, Africa, Central and South America. |
Deliberate fabrications about WMD
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The Israeli-AIPAC spy network is most extensive infiltrating of U.S. government by foreign power seeking top secrets and major influence. Truly a blockbuster scandal |
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| Bush Administration Ignored Military's Strong Opposition To Torture Program, here. |  Cheney plans for covert action by Navy Seals to provoke war with Iran, while VP, here. |
Extensive info about lies used to mislead the nation into war, here. | Congresswoman Harmon seeks bribe to help quash trial of accused Israeli-AIPAC lobbyist spies, here. |
| Former Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the "Architect of Torture," here. |
Other Bush era covert actions against Iran, here. | Israel declares President Obama's Iran policy will fail, here. | |
| Wolfowitz said Gitmo should use more aggressive interrogations, here. (Note: aggressive interrogations is one of the euphemisms for torture we use). | Bush era covert actions in Pakistan, here. | Spanish court considers war crime trials against USA, here. Spanish court continues war crime probe into Israeli, background: here. and this week's action: here. |
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| Pentagon Torture Planning Began in 2001, here. | |||
| Senate Report: Harsh Tactics Used In Attempt to Establish Non-Existent Iraq-al Qaeda Link | |||
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| Editorials, Link to Complete April,2009 Congressional Info documenting Bush era torture policies, More. | |||
| On the positive side, there is progress in: | |||
HEALTH CARE |
ALTERNATIVE AND OTHER ENERGY PROGRAMS |
EDUCATION |
DIPLOMACY |
| But not easy to do, here. | |||
Unfortunately, the war machine keeps rolling on... |
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Bill Moyers' Journal Torture Discussion
Torture is a crime. Now what? here. |
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Bill Moyers' article, here. |
Is "no man above the law," a reality? Do enough people care? |
A.C.T. Prime Sites |
Activist News Sources |
Major Activist Groups |
Contact Your Political Leaders |
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Speaker of the House |
The best or appropriate House or Senate Committee that deals with this issue? | |
Is there an interested State legislature? |
Is there a group working on this same issue that might be worth joining or supporting in some way? That might have helpful information, ideas or planned actions, public events, etc.? | |
Are there others who might offer solidarity or support? Who are they? Where are they? |
Are there any binding tools of initiative, referendum or recall? |
Is there any legal action or legal direction action that can change things or have an influence? |
One person sending one email isn't going to change the world but, in fact, this is a necessary part, a start of working for change or influence in a democracy: Representatives, people, the media, have to know what you think; if they don't how could they possibly know or care? The most critical action and event is voting. The best success is electing better leaders. That must be part of any plan for real change. |
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